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MR. CLAY'S SPEECH,On the fStcal Corporation Hill.lu the United States Senate, on Thursday,September 2, the bill to establish a Ftscal Cor(toration being under consideration, and Messrs.Archer and Buchauan having delivered speechesthereon?Mr. CLAY, of Kentucky, next addressed theSenate. Certainly, said he, nothing was fartherfrom my expectations when 1 came here to listen to the speech of my worthy friend from Virginia, than to find myself placed in such a situation as to be called on to say one word in relationto this bill, But the Senator from 1'euusylvaniahas indulged himself on this occasion in exercising a tajent for wit and humor, at our expense,in which he does not often indulge. Let me, ifhe will allow me, make a suggestion to him, thathis appropriate province is logic, or grave debate,rather than wit. But if 1 should happen to catch,by contagion, somewhat of the same vein, hewill, 1 am sure, excuse me, and receive it in thesame good humor that we have taken what fellfrom him.As to the bill before the Senate, I have notinuch to say. There are two great facultieswhich ordinarily belong to banks; one is to dealin that sort of commercial paper which is calledpromissory notes, the other to deal in bills of v*cliange?also an orderly commercial instrument.By the present bill, the bank which is to be created is deprived of one of these faculties, whilethe other is left to it, and there is no more danger of abuse in the exercise of the retainedfaculty, by this corporation, than in the ordinarybanks of the country.Nor am 1 very familiar with all the proceedings at the Harrisbutg convention. The honorable Senator seems to think that it contained Abolitionists. against whom he appears, of late, tohave tak> n up a peculiar hostility. 1 call uponhim to name one Abolitionist who was a member. 1 believe there was not one. I defy himto the proof. He says that the gentlemen whocomposed that assemblage were men of all sortsof political principles: and to some extent thatremark is certainly true. But there was oneprinciple which 1 ain very sure was held bynone of them: there were none who went forlow wages! (A laugh.) The Senator, however, tells not only that they held all sorts of principles, but that they were afraid to publish tothe world any declaration of their sentiments.?Now I believe it is a part of the law of nationsthat when war is made against pirates, there isno need of the ceremony of any formal previousdeclaration of war, but it is understood on allhands that you are at liberty to attack themwithout notice and without ceremony, and cutand slash as hard as you please. But if thatsame convention at Harrisburg was such an unprincipled collection of political sectaries?suchan omnium gatherum of all kindreds and colors,what sort of party must that have been whichcould have been so utterly prostrated and putdown by such a heterogeneous combination??(A laugh.)The Senator commenced by saying thatamong oiher doings, the Whigs 'had done forthemselves." I beg gentlemen not lo "lay thatflattering unction to their souls." What! theWhigs of this country to be annihilated bv anything which has occurred during 'his session?Never, never. Their principles are as eternalas truth, and as sure to prevail as is the cause of*- civil liberty to triumph. It was justly remarkedby my friend from Virginia, that the restrictionof Executive power?ay, of the royal, the imperial power ol setting the will of one managainst the united will of an entire people, stoodhighest on the list of the principles avowed bythe Whigs during the late memorable contest;and let me tell gentlemen that if we shall havea shower of vetoes, that principle will still bewritten in letters of light upon all their banners.Let the Senator from Pennsylvania and hisparty war, if they will, for Executive supremacy: for the aibitrary principle that the will otone man shall prevail against the will of the?whole country. We are willing to go before ihePeople upon that issue ; and, if I am not utterlymistaken in the inherent love of liberty by themall, Whigs and Democrats, there will be a general condemnation of such an odious and detestaHU Hnotrino Lot fha fci. fl IruUS gOto the other wing of the Capitol, and look uponthat Mac?donian phalanx, standing shield toshield in a compact and unpenetrable line, and,in defiance of a,l the difficulties which besetthem, maintaining their position unmoved, andtheir Iront unbroken, for, I will repeat, which Ihave often said with inexpressible pleasure, never?no, never was there a House of Representatives more imbued with a lofty and generousspirit of patriotic devotion to liberty and to thedischarge of a high public duty, Let them, Isay, Iook on that spectacle, and then ask themselves, how is such a party to be broken down ?By whom ? By anyone man? Where is he IIf Napoleon were to rise from the dead, and appear again at the head of all his power, he couldnot do it. The Senator ha - prematurely yieldedto feelings of exultation. He has stretched outhis hand, and gras, ed, not the sceptre, but afleeting vision. He has cried before he was outof the woods.An honorable Senator from New Hampshire(Mr. Woodbury) proposed, some days ago, a resolution of inquiry into certain disturbanceswhich are said to have occurred at the Presidential mansion on the night of the memorable16th of August last. If any such proceedingsdid occur, they were certainly very wrong andhighly culpable. The Chief Magistrate, whoever lie may be, should be treated by every goodcitizen with all becoming respect, if not for hispersonal character, on account of the exaltedoffice he holds for and from the People. And Iwill here say that 1 read with great pleasure theacts and resolutions of an early meeting, promptly held by the orderly and respectable citizens ofthe metropolis, in reference to, and in condemnation of these disturbances. But, if the resolution had been adopted, I had intended to movefor the appointment of a select committee, andthe honorable Senator from New Hampshirehimself should be placed at the head of it, witha majority of his friends. And I will tell youwhy, Mr. President, 1 did hear that about eightor nine o'clock on that same night of the famous10th of August there was an irruption on thePresident's House of the whole Loco foco partyin Congress; and I did not know but that thealleged disorders might have grown out of, orhad some connection with that fact. (A laugh.)1 understand that the whole party were there.?No spectacle, I am sure, could have been moresupremely amusing and ridiculous. If 1 couldhave been in a position in which, without beingseen, I ceuld have witnessed, that most extraordinary reunion, I should have had an enjoymentivhich no dramatic performance could possiblycommunicate. I think 1 can now see the principal dramatis pertotire who figuied in thatnt ene. There stood the grave and distinguished Senator from South Carolina?LMr. < 'alhoun here instantly arose, .and earnestly insisted oh explaining; but Mr. Clay refused to be interrupted or to yield the floor.]Mr. < 'lav. There, I say, 1 can imagine stoodthe Senator from South Carolina?tall, careworn, with furrowed brow, haggard, and intensely gazing, looking as if he were disserting thelast and nearest abstraction which sprang frommetaphysician's brain, and muttering to himHclf, in half-uttered sounds, ' This is, indeed, areal eri-i*!" (Loud laughter.) Then therewas the Senator from Alabama. (Mr. King,)standing upright and gracefully, as if he wereready to settle in the mo-t authoritative manner, any question of order of etiquette that mightpossibly arise between the high-assembled parties on that new and unprecedented occasion.?Not far off stood the honorable Senators fromArkansas and from Missouri, (Mr. Sevier andMr. Benton,) the latter looking at the Senatorfrom South Corolina, with an indignant curl onhis lip and scorn in Ins eye, and pointing hisfinger with contempt toward* that Senator, (Mr.Calhoun,) whilst he said, or rather seemed to"?y, "He call himself a statesman ! why, he bainever even produced a decent humbug!" (Shoutiof laughter.)(Mr. Denton.) The Senator from Missouriwas not (here.)Mr. Clay. I stand corrected. I was onlyimaginiug what you would have said it you hadbeen there. (Renewed laughter.) Then therestood the Senator from Georgia, (Mr. C uthbert)conning over in his mind on what point heshould make his next attack upon the Senatorfrom Kentucky. (laughter.) On yonder ottoman reclined the other Senator from Missourion my left, (Mr. Linn,) indulging, with smileson his face, in pleasing meditations on the rise,growth, and future powers of his new colony "1Oregon. The honorable Senator from Penn-1sylvania, (Mj. Buchanan,) I presume, stood iforward a spokesman for his whole paity , and,although I cannot pretend to imitate his wellknown eloquence, 1 beg leave to make an humble esi>av towards what 1 presume to have beenthe kind ofspeech delivered by him on that august occasion."May it please your Excellency, a numberof your present political friends, late your political opponents, in company with myself, havecome to deposit at your Excellency's feet theevidences of our loyalty and devotion; and theyhave done me the honor to make me the organof their sentiments and feelings. We are heremore particularly to present to your Excellencyour grateful and most cordial congratulations onyour rescue of the country from a flagrant andalarming violation of the Constitution, by a creation ol a Dank of the United States; and alsoour profound acknowledgments for the veto,by which you have illustrated the wisdom oiyour Administration, and so greatly honoredyourself. As we would dwell particularly ontbe unanswerable reasons and cogent arguments with which the notification of the act tothe legislature has been accompanied. We hadbeen ourselves struggling days and weeks to arrest the passage of the bill, and to prevent thecreation of the mousler to which it gives birth.We had expended all our logic, exerted all ourability, employed all our eloquence; but in spiteof all our utmost efforts, the friends of your Excellency in the Senate aud House of Representalives proved too stroug for us. And we haveuow come most heartily to thank your Excellency that you have accomplished for us thatagainst your friends which we, with our moststrenuous exertions, were unable to achieve? |(Roars or laughter.) .I hope the Senator will view with indulgencethis effort to represent him, although I ain butoo sensible how far it falls short oi the meritsof the original. At all events, he will feel thatthere is not a greater error than was committedby the stenographer ol the Intelligencerother day, when he put into my mouth a parof the honorable Senator's speech. (Laughter.;I hope the honorable Senators on the other siueof the chamber will pardon me for having conceived it possible that, amidst the popping olchampagne, the intoxication ol their ioy, theecslaxy of their glorification, they might havebeen the partus who created a disturbance, olwhich they never could have been guilty, badthev waited for their "sober, second, thought*.< Laughter loud and long.) 1 have no doubt thevery learned ex-Secretary of the Treasury, whoconducted that Department with such distinguished ability, and such happy results to thecountry, and who now lias such a profound abhorrence of all the taxes on tea and coffee,though in his own official reports he so distinctly recommended them, would, if appointed chairman of the committee, have conducted theinvestigation with that industry which so eminently distinguishes him, and would have favored the Senate with a report, marked with all hisaccu?tomed precision and ability, and with themost perfect lucid clearness. (A laugh.)There is one remark of the Senator IromPennsylvania which demands some notice. Myfriend from Virginia, Mr. Archer, threw out anintimation that veiy possibly the Senator lromPennsylvania knew more of the sentiments ant!purposes prevailing at the white house than hedid That Senator, in reply, denied that thatwas the case as yet, but said that he hoped andexpected it soon might be so. Expected . Expected what? That a President of the I nitedStates, elected by the Whip party .0 ? differentstation, and having arrived at the I residencyunder circumstances calculated to call forth hismo^t profound gratiiude, should abandon theparly which elevated him?should commit anact not less than treason, and join that parly ofwhich the Senator is n distinguished member,but to which the President has been diametrically opposed ? Could lhat be what the Senator meant? If it was, then I say that the suggestion. the bare supposition of such a thing, isin the highest degree injurious to the President.1 do not pretend to know what ma\ be his feelings, but sure I am lhat, were I 111 his situation,and the possibility of such an act of treacherywere affirmed of me, the reproach would till myheart to its inmost recesses with horror andloathing. But the Senator cho->e to assign thereason w hv he hoped and expected this. It wasthat the President differed from Ins party on almost every one of its great and leading pointsof policy. Now, I intend, for a moment, to institute a comparison between the differences ofthe President from the policy and principles oflhe Locofoco party, and his alleged differencesfrom the policy and principles of the V\ lugs.And fir>t and foremost, I will place the act ol?xpunging and mutilating the official records olthis body. Did the President agree with theLocofocos in regard 10 that act? Again, onthe question of Executive power and the extentand increase of Executive patronage, does thePresident agree with the W higs, or thoseon the other side? For my sett, I do notthink that, in the impressive words ol Mr.Dunning, "the power of the Executive hasincreased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ?" And, then, on the one-term principe what are the President's opinions? Doesnot all the world know? Has he not put themin writing; and 'declared, over and over, that 110President ought to serve for more than one termHas he not seen the effect of the opposite practice in leading a Chief Magistrate so as to usehis power as to secure his re-election to office?And then in regard to the Sub-Treasury ; whatare the President's opinions on that point .I lave gentlemen on the other side made up theiropinion? Is there to be an accommodation ontliis point ? No, sir, the hope of it is vain. 'I hesoil of Virginia is too pure to produce traitors.Small, indeed, is the number oi those who haveproved false to their principles and to their parly. 1 knew the father of the President, JudgeTyler, of the general court of Virginia, and apurer patriot or more honest man never breathedthe breath of life ; and 1 am one of those whohold to the safety which flows from honest ancestors and the purity of blood.Gentlemen are exulting over an event whichnever can and never will happen. No, gentlemen, the President never will disgrace himself,disgrace his blood, di?ffrnce his State, disgracehis country, disgrace his children, by abandoning his party, and joining with you. Never,never. If it were among the possibilities of human turpitude to perpetrate an act like that, 1cannot conceive on what principle, or for wi.atreason, the President could rush upon a deed soatrocious, and deliver himself over to infamy soindelible. Nor do I know which would surt.assin baseness, the man who could commit such anact of treason, or the patty who would receive andembrace, and adopt one who had thus disgracedhimsvlf. No, gentlemen, no; never will thePresident of the United States be guilty of sucha crime; and, if he did commit it, the p:irtv hastoo much regard for the opinions of mankindever to receive and reward him f<>r the deed -Treason, while in progress, h ind<ed alwaysagreeable to the party or country to whose benefit it is to enure; but when it lias been perpetrated, what does history tell US the fate ha?been of every iraitor ? And what ought thatfate lobe ? If there is any thing like agreement between John Tyler and the Locofoco party, it is simply and exclusively on this question, of a bank. On that point I admit that there is ai great and unhappy difference of opinion betweenFinn aud hi? political friends ; but how can heby possibility go over to the other party, fromwhom he liat always differed on every otherpoint 7 On all other points, thv distribution ofthe proceeds of the public lands, the bankruptluw. public economy aud reform, he agrees withus. Gentlemen chuckle in the confidence thathe is going to veto this bill. 1 do not myselfthiuk he will.Uut, even if he does, still I say it is a moral iimpossibility, that there ever can exist so infamous, so uunatural a union, as that between aPresident who has betrayed one party and theother party directly onposed to him, who musthave too much regard to their character and theopinion of mankind to receive and embrace him,it it were possible that he could prove false andfaithless to his friends.1 had not the remotest idea when 1 entered theSenate of sayinga word on the present question;but there was a species of unauthorized exultation manifested by the Senator from Pennsylvania which I could not suffer to pass. The gentleman lias expressed high hopes ; but they arehopes doomed to be disappointed. Fully believing this, and beiug for myself determined tolive and die with the Whig party, I thought itright to say what 1 have done.ENGLAND.?RANDOM SKETCHES.From the Nev York American.Lady Huron and her daughlrr.?Mrt. Ot> t ?Ia my last letter, dear C., I promiaid tu tellyou something of Lady Byron, who,,, lt was invpleasure to meet in London. A few words mulredeem the pledge. 1 have mdjZZmo? fftere^ted in any lady ou either side of the Ailautic than in this lovely, winning woman Sheappears as mild as the blue sky of an Italianevening. Instructed by her intelligenf cooler?at,on, and charmed with the soften^ "which modest y sparkled on the currenvof hermugh,s, I said to myself, - Can it be tW(apak blue eye, that mellow voice, those bWndmanners, belonged to the Lady By'ron/the Weof the wild genius, whose erratic fire, while itstartled the round world with it, glare, wither.all that was sweet and beautiful within its owndomestic circle, and ultimately consumed itselfby he intensity of its own heat ? Hidden under the wan cheek and quiet countenance of thisembers of'^fi ' * May !'e the 8mo"lderingeinbtrs ol fierce passions that once shot theirHumes through the very veins of the noble bardand made him the despairing suicide he wasbut, thev now- slumber so profoundly that I canC .h- n 'hey Were ever in beingut 'his is needless conjecture. Mooreron wM?le r,nh" !r1' ,hat Lady By.ron .was gentle and lovelv* nnH ?,world cannot wholly acquit Lr of blame'm'theobllvion"coveralL ^ alludtd"There is a sprightliness in the conversation ofLady Byron lhat w in, and Wf(Js h( ffin "f6 ?0lnni0n se,lse 'hit edifies him ThewhhVflsadntss?-hall I ,-aJ it melancholy ??Se hue toSthirvUgh r' Sivaa "rious an/sincere Hut. to the vein of pure siorality which nervades much of her discourse Her address aridmein are familiar and easj. Decidedly plainlooking, her countenance, wken lyinjr in reooseare tolerably faithful to the original. 'all i exPected> fcht'is very sensitive toait allusions, however remote, to her late hu?band. ( , am t0)d 8he o|.(en ,Vav;-t.rrbu,rudelv 'of *!.dme a"d, hlstory are introduced?notcxcuse' I w "e.V h'0,1 50me feigned or realfar-ofl'hilU m i ? America, but among theM.,?"d "* "*?beauliluf ?? l.^'L "ded "sLVl^'-l"""1,"1"PPV ? if. ol Lord LoVelace J bcyIIS; '? "" >?? M" Oe,E.if i " , . r work on ?'Lying " Well ?be the truth lesrthJ h"\ 8?0tl ladV, " mustlips and rebuke rne To sn' A7 ^ open "sthat's the question' \T?Bn ' ?r <? ^peak !The sun and IhSe ofmorV'fh?0*'1 inwinters have rh isp,I >k i ^an Sl*lyand gloom across her path StTih bKri*h,n?"of her sprightline?s ,J v , '.i '. he has muchlion ; and m he? manL^ nS- h" c?nversashe possesses J,' , d,,''c 8 ev^n more than Ia venerable authoieTs whn h ." ' th?U?h'into improve her race Ti r something Isuch company and I ih k . SOU1d odd|y intripped occasi'onallv wlinn^r U'^ s pPpd antlMoore's clnr'7 jokes t I d,;c?u"'n? "f Tomdinners. Her dress \ Holland s literatiarrangement - how inv'? i fastidious theIt dazzles my'eye, is It tl".^ "%.e"9cnble,h^nvious Kane, 'r u'TJ bnck ln disil?'"Not a belle I f ^ bla?lng chandelier,-"ore hours t ,s i vn n'n,l'1S ,0,^d at ,u'r ,("h'tnot lortjet that she w > , ^ Bul' 1 wil1her" of tho plain snoKn ? "b'"!,-right menQuakers, but' "ine W'h?In lh?U Call',st"on convincement " wt *'-'e ,8?nibre Kriend?.I of life, with habit's indelible i" P"St moridianmanners. Is s|,?* ih. r. f Imrrcss?pmtnd andleopard change hi spots?? "^nc?'rel Can theMrs. Onie the If ' ,Thost' who crit cizeder that glossy whuiTa?' \m,W ,hf?swept the entire circfe of ehM? ^InTZlcnce.Our worthy authoress is full of anecdote, talksfluently, is sensitive, eccentric. She lives inneat style at Norwich?shows you rooms linedwith excellent naintings, [her husband was aneminent artist,] rare statuary, Ac., Ac. [LordCoke says there is oft-times much meaning hidunder an el crtrra.J She is active in all worksof love and merry ; is on good terms with thatexcellent old divine the Lord Hishop o fNorwich;and delights to guide strangers through thelong aisles of his aged Cathredal when the organplays its sweetest notes. Quite Catholic for aQuaker, methinks I hear you say. George Foxcherished as deadly a hatred for "steeple-houses"as Don Quixote for wind mills. Hut, C., themarch of mind !Think not from the utmost trivial way inwhich I speak of Mrs. Opie, that 1 would detract from her reputation as a useful, agreeablewriter, or her excellent character as a Christianphilanthropist. Suppose she is too fond of tellin<r her auditors of the clever things Sir WalterScott said to her when she sat at his right bandat General Cannon's dinner party; or of thedull joke which the Karl of Duddlington crackedin herear at Lord Holland's; or of the sharpdiscussion she once had at Wordsworth's w ithCampbell and Moore. She is only one of agreat crowd of people on either side of the Atlantic, who glory in being a spangle in somehuge comet's luminous train.Twenty years ago, Hannah More (my penseems bent upon discoursing of women?bt itrun) in her Moral Sketches, speaking of the efforts which had been made to improve the condition of the unfortunate women and childrenconlined in Newgate, said : "In alludu ? to certain recent undertaking* which k(1mi honor onour country, il would be unjust to omit onewhich rcflfd* honor on our sex. Justice, ??well as gratitude, would be wounded! were notribute to be paid to the moat heruic of women.The reader will have anticipated that 1 alludeto the female Howard."The female Howard, to which such a happyreference is made, is Mrs. Fry, the nister of Samuel and Joseph J. Gumey. She has exploredthe principal piisona in this country and on the| Continent, not merely to gratify philosophic curiosity to enJarge the boundaries of knowledge,but to "tak? the guage of misery," and measurethe depths of woe, that she might ameliorate thesorrows of the wrwtched inmates in these drearyabodes. In this arduous and perilous work, theastonishiug fortitude, courage, skill, and perseverance, ahe has evinced, are equalled only bythe long and lovely , train of alleviating influenceswhich are following in the path of her labor.?Those who best know the nature and extent ofher toils, will be the most ready to award herthe enviable title of "the female Howard."Though Mrs. Fry is very afTable and easy ofaccess, she carries herself with great dignity?having a fine persou aud a striking and noblecountenance, which, iu its youth, must havebeen attractive, if not decidedly handsome.?On the occasion which I now have in my ? ye, i1 was peculiarly pleased with her demeanor towards the Ducne a of Sutherland, who constituted one of the party, and of whom, a word inpassing.When led to the altar, the Duchess of Sutherland was reputed the most beautiful womtm inthe Kingdom. Even now she essays 'o bearaway the palm .imong the married ladies of theCourt, but the rose had faded; though nodoubt the lady of the richest Duke in England,and the mistress of her Majesty's robes, is entitled to considerable constructive beauty. Themanners of her Grace are polished, and her conversation remarkably intelligent?_/br one of herrank. Though cradled in the lap of the ancient aristocracy (the patent of the Earl ofCarlisle, her father, dates back 200 years) andearly placed in the very focus of royal splendor,she is decidedly American in her views of civilaud religious freedom. Indeed, she was ultraliberal in some of her notions. The blood ofthe Howards which purples her veins, is deeplytinged with Radicalism. Her brother, LordMorpeth, is among the most democratic youngnoblemen in the country. I wish some of thebelles of your city could have seen her Graceon the occasion of which I speak. She wasdressed plainly, and in good taste, and nothingin her appearance would, to a stranger, havemarked her as anything more than an intelligentwoman, who had moved in good society, andpossessed too much sense to make heiself awalking milliner's shop. But to our heroine.Mrs. Fry was sitting engaged in playful chatwith two or three of her friends, when the ladyof whom 1 have just been speaking approachedto salute her. She arose and drew her tallfigure to its full height, and received the saluiations of the Duchess of Sutherland, as if sheherself had been the Empress of Russia. Therewas nothing stiff, aflected, or repulsive in hermanner; but only an homages-exacting dignity,which sat most becomingly on the commandingperson of an exalted woman, whose patent ofnobility was from the King of kings. It is inadmirable contrast with the fawning airs ofseveral other ladies of the company, when addressed by her Grace. These English, whobear themselves so proudly towards their equals,and so haughtily over their inferiors, will cowerat the feet ot their superiors with the cringinghumility of a spaniel. A profound reverencefor rank and title is one of their national sins.The many fine things which Mrs. Fry and theDuchess of Sutherland said of America, mustbe reserved for our private chit-chat. Till then,Health lo thee. Manhattan.Correspondence of the Express.Washington, Oct. 13tfr'.BROTHER JONATHAN AND HIS^NEWTEAM ALL IN "POSITION."'Last year brother Jonathan'* big wagon, called"the United State*," with a precious load of goodthings, in which all hi* family had their mite, wasdiiven by a sly chap called Martin. He drove throughone trip, and wanted to be hired for another, but whenthe lo;.il Mas overhauled, it wai found that while hewus eating the choice things, and drinking the bi*t o'the liquor, he had allowed the wagon to be plundeted. Hats?some with four legs and some with iwo?made wondirful havoc?the driver canng nothing forhis owners, nor any one but himself?he was dismissed without a character, and Biother Jonathan employed an honest old driver from Ohio, who had beenin the wurs ever since he was a boy. Old Indianlighter got himself a new team, and was going on assmooth as oil, when he took sick and died. A youngdriver from the Old Dominion was then called on totake the reins, and move right ahead, without havingti.i.eto learn the names and ways of his team. Stillhe thought the Ohio dr.ver was a good judge of horseflesh, uiul as he knew where the wagon was bound,olV he started, without having time as much as togrcuse the wheels. On they went for some days : theteam pulled together, and the wagoner whistled on hisway. All looked as if the trip would be mude in theregular time, and the wagun come to a good market;and so it would, but the lact is that wagoner and teamnever gol quite well acquainted and familiar witlieachother. Still I hey pa^ed some puzzlesome X roads,but with a bright lookout by the driver, and BlackDan in the lead, all went on O K !One duy, however, they came to & big fork in theroad, and heie the driver, in his confidence, threw thereins to his hurses ; but before he got f.ir in the road,they took, he perceived, certain signs that convincedhim he hail examined the road before, and he pulledup his teatn, all standing. !' Ho.1 there, Dan,' sayshe. " That road is full of Htuuqw and gullies, andleads to a precipice. It's not laid down in my owner'sinstructions, according to my reading. I know thatroad, and have swore that I would never drive a public wagon over it, and 1 exactly never xcilt. I'll unhitch for the night and feed, and see in the morning ifwe can't gel to our desiination by a safer one?onethat is not forbidden, even if i.'s a little further round."The teuin then, all except Black Dan, turned theirhi ads round and lookt tl a the driver, as you see horsesdo tlial are getting the devil in 'em. Then theyfetch'd a jerk, all except Dan -, he Mood in the wayas firm as a r. ck ; the rest of 'em reared up and jumped. The driver he cried, " Ho! Wo!" But beforehe hud tune to unhook the truces and take olT harness,all ol them bioke looso, kieked at the drivar, and *11 runoff?one towards the old North State : one went withhis bku.s gingling towards Tennessee, and the bigwheel horse, when last seen, was " floatin downde Ohio." While there stood the wagon, and all itsprecious load, in^thc middle of the road, cX|>o*cdto rain, ra s, god other robbers. In this extremityhow would you think nny DrivercouM fix it 1 Why,sooner than you could say Jack Robinson, this youngDiiver from the Old Dominion took up some linksin the traces, arid a few holes in the breaching,and back bands, ' hitched on some small tackles,and confident that he could dej>end on black Pan,h m leader, to gee or haw, he clapt his oirn shoulders to the wheel, and kept the waggon goinguntil it regained the road they had left, and nowhe has the New TkaM, and here they are, allarrived, and in gear, and moving ahead again asif nothing had happened, this 13th October, 1841,iinil such a team, Mr. Editor, all young, sound, wellbroke, and true to their work. There is, first, blackDan, from the Bay Slete?a leetlc ihe oldest, and soirrry sagacious, needing neither crark of whip norblind to, his bridle; he sees so far u-head lli.it theworst looking objects I eco r.e familiar as he approaches;the devil can't scare hun from his irack ; if a dog fliesout on the road side at bun or his driver, you may seehim leer at him, but he won't take time to kick,? goa-head is his play,?there's "no other way," say* he,to get the load to lis consignees and to do justice to itsoriginal owners. Along side of hun is a compact,thick set horse called W ?T?a real coi.estoga from thecoal-pil* of Pennsylvania He's for always goingforward, and will never take the stud, ptrwided, a) due proportion of the loading is of wintertcun manufactun In the trucks of black Dan the driver hashitehed an iron gr.y from York State, and a truercritter to pull, in ver was wrapjs'd in hide; but sogreat is Ins ambition to be all the timegoing-a-he.nl,that some times he Works himself of his feed. Insuch case* rub hun down with hair gloves, and hesoon conies round again. If all about hun don'twork, behind and before, the way he'll kick and bitewill be a caution. On the off side of him again,stands a In rse of remarkable sagacit ty in pickinghis ay among intricate loads, rather a delicate feeder,with an iiiftinctive perception of ? hat I* not congenialit it A hu on ihtaBoinl u ??T P**!"eular. Tb. tins animal bad boon kM?? to the driver, as both were raioed "on the salts- |^a'gutshed himself when very young in a gieat tr?l ofstrength among strong burses st *tlcn a mo is llautcr, and an u bit boise he ?. 1 he newwheel horse is of high spirit, cowing dowu Iroai theold Hug Agonot stock of I lie Palmetto Stale. Abouthim, wlien hud urruwl, there comes out a high polish, which would lead you to think hiui b*ter fittedfor the tarf than the wagon, but what ho wanie inponderosity he wakes up in uiuecle and mettle.?Though of indomitable ore and animation, he is oldocile temper, and very simple way#, without cunningor tricks, and would probably starve before he couldlearn to jump a fence. Lastly?but not least - come*the off wheeler, commonly called Puttmatter, andwhether to bold back down a mountain, or at a deadpull going up it, a more unflinching lior?e never looked ihrougn a collar ; with enough of the draft horse togive hiui heft, and a daah of the old Kentucky whipMood to ensure bottom on a long journey on a summerday. His play ia lo pull a wagon uut nf'tht mire.?Postmaster always stand* up lo Ihe rack? fodder orno fodder. Now, sir, with auch a team, and a driverwith a nose and eye, both like a hawk's, and that cansee a stump a mile off: he trusting in his team, andthey trusting in him?let us hope an I believe that allwill yet go well?that a safe rood will be found,?thatthe wagon will move safely and the loading reach agood market, sell for sound money, (he proceeds beremitted at an exchange not excelling 1-2 per cent.,and the owners in general well satisfial with wagonera and horses. Should 1 find myself mistaken in myopinion of the qualities of either, I'll let you know,but you can never know a man well until you "eatsalt with him." So says the proveib: nor should youput faith in a horse until you have a chance lo seehow he feeds.TRAVELLER.THE PUBLIC.?I have just received fromX the North a large and general assortment of thelatent and most approved patterns of Stoves and. Mantel Grates, such as are most approved of at the North,viz :Gleason's Russian Radiator, suitable for parlors toburn coalStanley's Parlor Stove, for wood and coalAtwater's Radiators, for halls, most spproved of inNew YorkThe New York Premium Cooking Stove.And all other kinds of Stoves that are most approved of, both for wood and coal.Also, an assortment of Hardware, such as is usedin house-fUrnishing, Tin Ware, Ac.1 respectfully invite the ladies and gentlemen to calland take a look at my assortment of Stoves and Gratesbefore they purchase.Between 10th and 11th streets, Pennsylvania avenue, the sign of the "Stove and Grate" over the frontof the Store.CLEMENT WOODWARD.N. B.?Dr. Hammond's Patent Firo Places forsale. Wurianted to cure the worst kind of SmokyChimneys ur no pay.C. WOODWARD,Ageot for the District of Columbia.oct 23?3tPHRENOLOGICAL OFFICE of Dr. HERNIS,(from Paris,) on Pennsylvania avenue, nearlyopposite Brown's and Gadsby's hotels, at Mrs. Middleton's.Examinations of the head, with-descriptions of character and talents, can be obtained at every hourin theday and the evening. Children's heads examined,with regard to their capacities, education, and qualifications lor business or professions, at half price.The object and use of Phrenology is to make eachindividual acquainted with all the powers of his mind,so thai he may be able more judiciously to choose aprofession, avocation, or business, to which he is naturally adapted, to enable parents to judge of the propereducation of their children, &c.N. B. Ladies and parties visited, if desired, at theirown residence*. Oct. 23?6tNEW FRFNCH FASHIONS.?Miss Moslkyrespectfully informs her customers that she hasreturned from New York with an extensive assortment of Fancy Goods, comprising almost every variety now in use, and received by the packets last weekbv Madam Beaulard Falconer, and other fashionableFiench Houses in New York, and invites their attention this day, at her rooms, Pennsylvania avenue, between 9th and 10th streets. oct 23?3tHAVANA SEGARS ?12,000 BU[>etior importedHavana Segars, just received.Also, a general assortment, or various brands, constantly on hand, for sale by the quantity or retail.Shutfs and Tobacco, as usual, of the best quality,for tale byGARRET ANDERSON,between 11th and 12th streets, Penn. Avenue.Ocl 23? 1 wLORD BROUGHAM'S SPEECHES, completein two voluu.es, just published, and for sale byOct 23 F. TAYLOR.OL J TRUMBULL?His Reminiscences ofhis own Times, fiom 1756 to 1841 ?Just published, complete in one volume, with many engravingsThis day received for sale, byoct 23 F. TAYLGR.CREMOVAL..? Hie undersigned havinghis establishment to the soulh side of Pennsylvania Avenue, between 12ih and 13th streets, W. C.,res|iectfullv intorms his friends and the public generally, that, as usual, he is prepared to manufactureevery variety of Venetian Hlinda, all sizes and colors,suitable for offices, halls, hotels and dwt-llings, on themost reasonable terms tor cash, or city acceptances ;also, always on hand worsted cord and tassels, low ;picture frames, both gilt and plain inude to order.A Holders from the country thankfully received, andpromptly attended to.^WILLIAM NOEL, The Blind Man.N B Old Blinds repaired and repainted.'Oct. 19, 1841.?3tSPLENDID SCHEMES.J. G. GREGORY & CO., Managers.$50,000; $30,000;$25,000.On Saturday, October 23, 1841.THE GRANDUNION LOTTERY,Class NINE, for 1841,Will lie drawn at Alexandria, D. C.Iti Drawn Ballots.MACiNIFICt.NT SCHEME.1 Grand Capital Prize of 50,000 dollarsI Splendid Prize of _ 30,000 dollars1 do . do of 35,000 dollarsI do do of 10,000 dollars1 Prize of 8,000 Dolls.I do 7,000 Dolls.1 do C,000 Dolls.I do 5,000 Dolls.I do 4,000 Dolls.1 do 2,500 Dolls.I do 2,311 Dolls.1 Prizes of 2,0(X) Dolls,do 1,750 Dolls.10 P1i7.es of 1,500 Dolls.10 do 1.250 Dolls50 do 1,000 Dolls.50 do 500 Dolls.50 do 400 Dolls.100 do 300 Dolls100 do 250 Dolls.170 do 200 Dollsitc., &c.16 Drawn Nuniliers out of 78.Ticket* 820, Halves $10, Quartern 85, Eighth $2 50Certifii otes of Packages of 26 wholes $260 00do do 26 halves 130 00d'i do 26 quarters 65 00do do 26 eighth 32 50SPLENDID SCHEME.$35,000 Capital!VIRGINIA MONONGALIA LOTTERY,Class M. lor 1841. YTo be drawn at Alexandria, Vs., on Saturday, the30ih October, 1841.Fourteen Drawn Nos out of Seventy-five,Making nearly as many prizes as blanks.SCHEME$35,00012,500 Dollars I 3,000 Dollars5,000 Dollars | 2,000 Dollars4,000 Dollars | 1,615 Dollars10 prizes of 82,000?10 of 81000?18 of $500?25 of 8300?75 of 8200, &c.Tickets #10?Halves ?5 - Quarters $2, 50.Certificate- ot Packages 25 Whole Tickets 8120 00Do. do. 25 Half do 60 00Do. do. 25 Quarter do 30 00For Tick" ts and Shares or Certificates of Packagesin the above splendid Lotteries,?addressJ G GREGORY & CO., Managers,Washington City, D C.Drawings sent immediately after they are over to allwho order as ibove. ' sept 25-2aw2wd&cSPLENDID LOTTERIES,for November,J.O. <?HKOOKY A CO., Manager*.VIRGINIA WKLLSBUHQ LOTTBUYClass K, for 1841.To lie drawn at Alexandria, Va , on Saturday, ?I..6th November, 1841.CHAM) CAPITALH.35,294 Dollars !810,000-84,000? ?l ,00350 Prizes of 81,00060 of 40060 of 300132 of 800Ac., SuTickets only 810? Halve* 85? Quarters #2 50Certificate* of package* of 20 Whole Tickets 81 'tii miDo. do 2ti Half do 05 (MlDo. do 26 Quarter do 32 5(1On Saturday, November 13th, 1841, theVIRGINIA MONONGALIA LOTTERY,Claim N, for 1841,Will be drawn at Alexandria, VaGRAND CAPITALS.$30,00010,000 Dollara! 5,000 Dollars!3,000 Dollara! 2,500 Dollara' 1,017 Dollars'100 Prizes of 1,000 ! !Sic , Sic.Ticketa only 810?Halves 85? Uuaiters 50.Certificates of package* of *25 whole tickets, $130 (X>Do. do. '25 half do. 05 <>0Do. do. 25 quartet do. 32 60~* $50,000 Capital !UNION LOTTERY.Class No. 10, for 1841,To be drawn at Alexandria, D. C., on Saturday, tIn20th Novembet, 1841.15 Drawn Nos. in each Package of 20 Ticki ucontaining the followingGRAND PRIZES:$50,00020,000 Dollars,10,000 Dollars,5,000 Dollars,4,277 Dollars,2 of $3,000?50 of 81,00050 Prizes of 50050 of 400100 of 250198 of 200, &c.Ticket* $15?Halves 87,50?Quartern $3 75,Eighths 81 87 1-2.Certificates of packages of 26 whole tickets, Jl'.M) 00Do. do. 26 half do. i>5 (*>Do. do. 2<i quarters do. 4" 50Do. do. 2G eighths do. 23 7.">$40,000 !VIRGINIA LEESBURG LOTTERY.Class P, for 1841,To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, the27th of November, 1841.GRAND SCHEME.$40,000! $10,000!6,737 Dollars!2 Prizes of 85,000,5 of 82,000?10 ol 81,500,20 of 1,000 Dollars,30 of 500 Dollars, 40 of 300 Dollars,dtc., See.Ticketa 810?Halves 85?Quarters 82 50.Certificates of package* of 25 whole tickets, $130 00Do. do. 25 half do. 65 (MlDo. do. 25 quarter do. 32 50For tickets and shares, or certificates of packagesin the above splendid Lotteries, addressJ. G.GREGORY & CO., Managers,Washington city, D. C.Drawings sent immediately after they are over, toall who order as above.Oct. 21?2aw2wd&cMAGNIFICENT LOTTERY !To he drawn on Saturday neit, Octobcr 23d.RHODE ISLAND LOTTERY.Class 177.JAME* PIIAI-KK * CO. Manager')! OIHrc,Corner of 6th stieet and Penn. avenue.R. FRANCE, Agent for the .Manager*.835,295! $10,516! 36,000! $5,000!8P1.ENDID SCHEME.$35,295 CAPITAL!1 prize of 810,515 I prize of 81,9001 do 6,000 1 do 1,NH>I do 5,i 00 1 do 1,7001 do 4,500 1 do 1,591I do 3,500 25 piir.es of 1,0001 do 2,5(H) 25 do 5001 do 8,000 25 do 40025 prizes of 8300?174 prizes of 8200, &.<?.Tieketa only 810?Halves 8-r>?Cluarters 82 50,Eighths 81 25.Certificate* of packages ol'wholes $130Do. do halves 65Do. do quarters 32 50Do. do eighths 16 25All one number tickets draw 810.Sales in the above Splendid Lottery, close at nineo'clock Saturday'night, and tlie drawing will be received at 12 o'clock on Monday following.oct 21-ItJAMES PHAIVeV a CO. Maiia*erm< ?ftTce.Washington City.RICH AND SPLENDID SCHEMES.The attention of adventurers is requested to thefollowing schemes, (which are unsurpassed by anyLotteries heretofore offered.$20,000 CAPITAL and 100 prizes of $1000.Tickets $5.POKOMOKE RIVER LOTTERY, of Delaware,By authority of the Legislature.Class 134 foi 1H41,To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., Oct. 2Hth,BC HEME.1 prize of 820,(XX) 1 prize of 81,70(11 do 6,000 100 do 1,0001 do 3,000 100 do 500160 prizes of 8100, Sic.Whole Tickets 85?Halves ?2 50?Oi s fil 25Certificate of parkage whole tickets, 8^' 0*'do do halves, 40 0*1do do quarters, 20 (X)All orders for Tickets oi Certificates in theabove schemes will meet with the most piornpt andconfidential attention, and the drawing* forwarded asoon as received.Address R FRANCE,Agent for the Managers, Washington City,oet 12'2aw2wd&.cHARRY LORREdUKR, complete in one lari!>"volume, with numerous large engravings Anadditional supply this day received for sa'e by KTAYLOR; price $2,25 Oct. 19.I ANK & TUCKER Merchant Tailors, havingI J just returned from New York, have now the[ileasure of offering to their friends and the Public aarge and splendid assortment ot Rritinh and FrenchCLOTHS, CASS1MERES, ami VESTINGS, ofthe most fashionable shades and patterns, carefully selected from the y? ry latest importations; ^ind theyconfidently believe a more rich and beautiful stork ofgoods was never offered in this city They hu?e al?oreceived from Psns a handsome and fashionable suitof clothes, in the latest French style, made to theirorder ; and they are now prepared to execute all order*in their line in their uaual elegant stjle of fit andfinish. The Public are most respectfully invited tocall and eiatnine, at their old stand, under the National Billiard Saloon. oct 7?3taw2wif